The Northeastern Ontario Rail Network (NEORN) is delighted that the government has announced that bus service will be improved in Northern Ontario. However, reinstatement of passenger rail should also be a priority. An integrated transportation system means a truly multi-modal strategy, where [Read more]
UPDATE: Ontario Community Environment Fund (OCEF) Watersheds Canada has been awarded an OCEF grant of over $960 from funds collected from environmental penalties. The organization will use the funds to improve two existing walleye spawning beds on Twin Sisters Lake by first making an assessment of [Read more]
KAPUSKASING, ON ‐ The Federation of Northern Ontario Municipalities (FONOM) is encouraged that on June 16, 2016, the National Energy Board (NEB) determined that TransCanada’s Energy East project applications are complete and it will now enter a 21 month review process before it goes to the [Read more]
QUEEN’S PARK, ON – Today, NDP Deputy Leader Jagmeet Singh’s motion to stop arbitrary and discriminatory police street checks, or “carding”, in Ontario passed in the Legislature. “Arbitrary or discriminatory carding has deeply impacted communities across Ontario. Community activists and [Read more]
Mayor Linda Nowicki and CAO, Chris Wray attended the annual Association of Municipalities of Ontario (AMO) Conference held August 17 – 20, 2014 in London, Ontario. While there were a number of seminars on a host of municipal subject matter, the most important events were meetings held with [Read more]
Delivering on its Economic Plan to Build Ontario Up by Investing in Infrastructure Ontario is providing small, rural and northern municipalities with stable, annual funding to build and repair critical infrastructure and help to create jobs across the province. Premier Kathleen Wynne and Jeff Leal, [Read more]
New Model is Fairer, More Transparent and Easier to Understand The Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) is introducing a fairer, more transparent billing model for the municipalities it serves across the province. “Updating the OPP billing model is about making it fairer, more transparent, and easier [Read more]
Province Committed to Sustainable Growth to Meet Demand Ontario has introduced a plan to guide major capacity expansions at post-secondary institutions, ensuring students have access to spaces where they are needed most. The Major Capacity Expansion Policy Framework defines criteria for where [Read more]
Last Thursday Ontario’s Environmental Commissioner Gord Miller released his annual report. The report outlined how the governing liberals have virtually dismantled all existing environmental protections within the province. The Commissioner laid out how major changes within the budget give the [Read more]
Gravelle and Mauro announce funding increase for Superior North EMS Ontario is strengthening land ambulance services to ensure continued access to emergency health care for the residents of Thunder Bay and the area through a 4.8% funding increase to the Superior North EMS, the district’s [Read more]
SUDBURY, ON – NDP MPP France Gélinas renewed New Democrats call for Ombudsman oversight after Andre Marin once again sounded alarm bells about his lack of power to respond to thousands of citizen complaints about hospitals, schools, universities and municipalities. “Yet again we see a [Read more]
TERRACE BAY, ON – Wednesday, June 12th, the Superior North Community Futures Development Corporation (SNCFDC) held its Annual General Meeting at their regional office at 7 Mill road. The event included a review of 2012, two new program announcements and a look back at the past 25 years as [Read more]
McGuinty Government Supporting Community Projects Ontario is once again supporting individual and community projects that protect and recover species at risk and their habitats. Applications are now being accepted for the 2013/2014 Species at Risk Stewardship Fund. The deadline to apply is January [Read more]
Yesterday, Madeleine Meilleur, Minister of Community Safety and Correctional Services, released the following statement on the ongoing emergency situation in Wawa and the surrounding area: “Our thoughts continue to be with the residents of Wawa, the Michipicoten First Nation, and the [Read more]
McGuinty Government Supports Community Efforts The province is helping communities protect local watersheds and the Great Lakes through the Ontario Community Environment Fund. Applications are now being accepted for community-based environmental projects that remediate or restore the environment, [Read more]
